He and his advisers became increasingly convinced that Israel could not be vanquished by force.
Only after several costly wars did Egypt and later the PLO conclude that, since Israel could not be vanquished, they had better cut a deal.
At Thursday's annual congressional press conference on gun violence prevention, politicians and advocates vowed to keep fighting despite the ascendancy of the NRA, and said decades of political dominance by gun rights advocates could not be vanquished in just four years.
Doctors diagnosed Joel with an Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor, a cancer that could not be vanquished through conventional means and that recurred every time they fought it with chemotherapy and radiation.
Surely, the thinking went, the beleaguered Democrats couldn't possibly vanquish a presidential candidate from New York known for his experience, competence, uncontroversial stands and above-the-fray demeanor.
The plotters are biding their time, not vanquished.
And it's fair to say the law has not vanquished the tech industry's fuzzy language and logic overnight.
Tweed was soon indicted and convicted; Tammany was weakened and reformed, but not vanquished.
There is a rejoicing that, even in the darkest time, the sun is not vanquished.
